Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

No human life, not even the life of a hermit, is possible without a world which directly or indirectly testifies to the presence of other human beings.

If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.

The U.S. presidency is a Tudor monarchy plus telephones.

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

Why has the government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

A real leader is somebody who can help us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better, harder things than we can get ourselves to do on our own.

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.

Every communist must grasp the truth: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men’s hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction.

Politics is the art of the possible.